The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.This month's key ferro-alloys forecast highlights:Prices across most ore and alloy markets trended higher in September, buoyed by improving demand from steelmakers with the end of the summer holiday season in Europe and the United States, as well as maintained demand from Chinese steel mills. Tightening of alloy inventories...Read More

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.Iron ore remains the most bullish commodity of the year, with prices fuelled by Chinese demand and supply disruptions in Brazil, along with bullish sentiment. But prices are expected to come down because Brazilian exports have begun to recover, and have reached their highest level since the Brumadinho dam disaster in 2019. W...Read More

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.In the iron ore market, supply issues including heavy rains at the start of the year, followed by staffing problems during the Covid-19 pandemic, have affected exports from Brazil. This has helped Australia gain a larger market share, but since June, Brazilian export volumes have returned to levels last seen before the...Read More

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.Chinese blast furnace (BF) utilization rates have stagnated and iron ore port stock volumes are rising, reaching their highest levels since March, which suggests that iron ore supply is becoming excessive while demand is not growing. Unsurprisingly, prices dropped last week and we expect the trend to continue. The market has...Read More

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts is ready to view.While a world leader in many areas, the United States is a relatively small player when it comes to stainless steel. It produces a small amount of material, both in absolute and relative terms (i.e. compared to the size of its population), while a large share of its industry is in the hands of bigger European companies. Never...Read More

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts is ready to view.Having found it easier to increase prices than their counterparts in Europe and the United States during the past few months, Asian stainless steelmakers now face a number of concerns.In the short term, Asian prices have moved down in recent weeks while those in Europe and the US are on the up. This is mostly a reflection of...Read More

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Earlier this week, the news of a highly effective vaccine seemed like good news for almost all stocks. However, some TSX stocks seemed to suffer as a result.Now that the vaccine looks to be on the way, investors have switched focus to distressed businesses and have sold-off tech and gold stocks which have rallied through the pandemic.If you think about it, this doesn’t make a whole lot of se...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday November 13 that are worth another look.Tata Steel has initiated discussions with Swedish steelmaker SSAB over the sale of its IJmuiden plant in The Netherlands, the company said on November 13.Chilean copper producer Codelco has decided to extend...Read More

Meanwhile US president Donald Trump is refusing to concede defeat to rival Joe Biden following the election 13 days ago."I concede NOTHING," he tweeted hours ago, referring again to claims of the election being rigged.Elsewhere, Peru's interim president Manuel Merino is resigning just six days after the impeachment of his predecessor plunged the country into turmoil, Bloomberg reported.The number...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday November 13 that are worth another look.Tata Steel has initiated discussions with Swedish steelmaker SSAB over the sale of its IJmuiden plant in The Netherlands, the company said on November 13.Chilean copper producer Codelco has decided to extend...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday November 13 that are worth another look.Tata Steel has initiated discussions with Swedish steelmaker SSAB over the sale of its IJmuiden plant in The Netherlands, the company said on November 13.Chilean copper producer Codelco has decided to extend...Read More

Wiluna Mining Corporation Limited (ASX:WMX) is an Australian gold producer that controls over 1,600 square kilometres of the Yilgarn Craton, in the Northern Goldfields of WA, and owns 100% of the Wiluna Gold Operation, which has a defined resource of 6.4 Moz, at a grade of 2.1 g/t Au. We learned from Milan Jerkovic, who is Executive Chairman of Wiluna Mining, that they are the largest operating go...Read More

We have posted the November 14th Insights: Canada is a prime candidate for interest rate caps. Topics include inflation, debt, deflation surprise, the Austrian case for bitcoin, US pot stocks and ringing the bell at Pfizer (PFE).Click here to read our free newsletter. Canadian Insider Club and Ultra members can receive a PDF version of this newsletter via emailed when published. Just check the Re...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday November 13 that are worth another look.Tata Steel has initiated discussions with Swedish steelmaker SSAB over the sale of its IJmuiden plant in The Netherlands, the company said on November 13.Chilean copper producer Codelco has decided to extend...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday November 13 that are worth another look.Tata Steel has initiated discussions with Swedish steelmaker SSAB over the sale of its IJmuiden plant in The Netherlands, the company said on November 13.Chilean copper producer Codelco has decided to extend...Read More

Rudi Fronk and Jim Anthony, cofounders of Seabridge Gold, look at the macroeconomic factors they believe will move gold higher. The gold market entered a period of increased volatility during the third quarter, usually a positive indicator for the metal. A growing number of investors and analysts recommended the accumulation of gold as it began to move out of the shadows and into the spotlight. Gl...Read More

My research team and I went off on a wild tangent trying to identify how the markets could react to the recent spike in price activity on Monday, November 9, 2020.  This is the day that Pfizer announced a 90% effective rate with its new COVID-19 vaccine, causing the US stock market to skyrocket higher before the opening bell in New York. As with most pop-and-drops, this incredible upside spik...Read More

Is silver leading Bitcoin or is Bitcoinleading silver? Well, it depends on which time framing one is looking at.On this chart comparison below, silverappears to be leading the way higher compared to Bitcoin: I have marked out points (A to C and 1 to 5)on both charts to show how patterns on both silver and Bitcoin could besimilar. Point C represents the lows for both silver and Bitcoin in March oft...Read More